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Monument Number 915824
Hob Uid: 915824
Location : East Riding of Yorkshire Hornsea, Mappleton
Grid Ref : TA2130445965
Summary : World War II rifle range for nearby training camp.
More information : (TA 2138 4591) Rifle range. This rifle range provided a training facility for the nearby Rolston Camp training camp. It takes the form of a number of firing points and a firing butt, all of earthwork construction. The site was plotted from aerial photographs dated 1945 by the Fortress Studies Group. It was later visited by the FSG as part of the Holderness Survey, they found the site to be in good condition, although it was at risk from coastal erosion. (1-1a) The monument is also visible as earthworks and structures on air photographs examined as part of the Rapid Coastal Assessment Survey of the Yorkshire and Humber Estuary. Due to coastal erosion part of the monument no longer survives in situ. (2) Aerial Photographs show numerous firing points and a firing butt as earthworks. Good condition in 1992. (3)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : Roger Thomas/13-APR-1992/FSG,RCHME:Holderness Survey
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Source Number : 1a
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Source details : Aerial photograph: Sortie 106G/LA216 4022-4023
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : RAF 613E/BR174 19 24-Mar-1941
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : Gazetteer Reference MA2, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Second World War
Display Date : World War II
Monument End Date : 1945
Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Firing Range, Butts
Evidence : Earthwork, Structure

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Humberside)
External Cross Reference Number : MHUI18977
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TA 24 NW 53
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : THEMATIC SURVEY
Start Date : 1992-04-09
End Date : 1992-04-13

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2006-05-12
End Date : 2007-05-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 915824